Sebastian Gorka Leaves Post as White House National Security Aide

He's a former Breitbart editor.

The latest Trump staffer to exit the White House is Sebastian Gorka, who told the Associated Press on Friday that he had resigned as national security aide. An anonymous White House staffer told the AP that Gorka didn't actually resign, though the reports that he no longer works there are accurate. The New York Times reported that chief of staff John Kelly had directed him to leave.

"Regrettably, outside of yourself, the individuals who most embodied and represented the policies that will 'Make America Great Again,' have been internally countered, systematically removed, or undermined in recent months. This was made patently obvious as I read the text of your speech on Afghanistan this week," he wrote in a resignation letter addressed to Trump and posted to the conservative site The Federalist. "The fact that those who drafted and approved the speech removed any mention of Radical Islam or radical Islamic terrorism proves that a crucial element of your presidential campaign has been lost." It stated that "the best and most effective way I can support you, Mr. President, is from outside the People’s House." It remains to be seen what form that support will take.

Trump's former Press Secretary Sean Spicer, former Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, and former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus have also left the White House this summer. Many other former White House employees including former FBI Director James B. Comey and former acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates have left since Trump took office.